After five years as a small-town lawyer, Richey decided not to pursue a legal career.

His father, Malcolm, makes a living as a small-town lawyer.

Such community work is a virtual requisite for small-town lawyers.

Few people give the small-town lawyer much chance of returning the company to its former owners.

He was a vaguely dusty-looking little man of perhaps forty who looked like a small-town lawyer.

Other than serving as a special judge when asked, he was mostly content to live a quiet life as a small-town lawyer.

But he declined, saying he wanted to be a small-town lawyer.

"They thought, 'What do I have to worry about a small-town lawyer?' "

His early ambition was to become a small-town lawyer like his father.

But the former small-town lawyer is looking on the bright side.